Games on April 19, 1996

The games of April 19, 1996

14 games were played on April 19, 1996, according to Retrosheet. The Texas Rangers routed the Baltimore Orioles 26-7, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Florida Marlins over the Los Angeles Dodgers (5-0) and the St. Louis Cardinals over the Philadelphia Phillies (1-0). One-run games: the California Angels 4-3 over the Detroit Tigers, the Montreal Expos 2-1 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Chicago White Sox 4-3 over the Oakland Athletics. The rest of the slate: the Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres 7-1, the San Francisco Giants fell to the Chicago Cubs, 10-6, the Cleveland Indians topped the Boston Red Sox 9-4, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Houston Astros, 13-5, the Milwaukee Brewers topped the Kansas City Royals 8-2, the New York Yankees fell to the Minnesota Twins, 7-1, the New York Mets fell to the Colorado Rockies, 5-3, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 10-4. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, Apr 18, 1996 and the next, Apr 20, 1996. For the wider picture, see the 1996 season.